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History · Pinewood

Pinewood’s post office opened in 1901, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Pinewood was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Its Register listing is the Pinewood Depot. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1980 on, and the census since 1900.

1901first post office
1on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Pinewood’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Pinewood began

When was Pinewood founded?

1901

The Pinewood post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Manchester (1813), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 97 in 19002020 census: 503125 years
Founding year: the first Pinewood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pinewood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 689 in 1980; 503 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Pinewood’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pinewood’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewPinewood Graded School - 1908: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Pinewood, census by census

01002003004005006007001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 689

Peaked at 689 in 1980; 503 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pinewood’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Pinewood came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pinewood.

Read it all →

Millford Plantation, Pinewood Depot, and St. Mark's Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pinewood, 1813 to 1992

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1813Post officeThe Manchester post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Manchester post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Post officeThe Pinewood post office opens
  6. 1908In the archivePinewood Graded School - 1908
  7. 1962Born hereReggie Pleasant is born here
  8. 1980On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 689
  10. 1992Born hereJerell Adams is born here
By decade

Pinewood, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Pinewood Graded School - 19081908Pinewood Graded School - 1908
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Date unknown3 to date
Milford, Wedgefield-Rimini RoadDate?Milford, Wedgefield-Rimini RoadMilford Plantation, Stables, Wedgefield-Rimini RoadDate?Milford Plantation, Stables, Wedgefield-Rimini RoadMilford Plantation, Porter's Lodge, Wedgefield-Rimini RoadDate?Milford Plantation, Porter's Lodge, Wedgefield-Rimini…
Today13 recent
Pinewood SC2022Pinewood SCSt. Mark's Episcopal Church2021St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchPinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 92013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 9Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 82013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 8Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 72013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 7Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 62013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 6Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 52013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 5Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 42013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 4Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 32013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 3Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 22013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 2Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 112013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 11Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 102013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 10Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 12013Pinewood, SC, 8-6-13 - 1
On the map

Pinewood on the map, 1980 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pinewood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Pinewood on the 1980 USGS mapPinewood on the 1990 USGS map1980Pinewood sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pinewood.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Pinewood Graded School - 1908
Retake this viewPinewood Graded School - 1908, 1908

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pinewood’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in Pinewood

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Pinewood Depot
Pinewood Depot
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements1
Pinewood DepotLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Pinewood

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jerell AdamsAmerican football player from the United States · b. 1992
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Reggie PleasantPlayer of American and Canadian football · b. 1962
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pinewood’s post office has been open since 1901. Another post office, Manchester, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Manchester
1813–1888
Pinewood
1901–today
18101920today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pinewood’s history

What year was Pinewood founded?

The Pinewood post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Pinewood?

One place: the Pinewood Depot (listed 1997).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (14), the Library of Congress (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.